In the Uttarakhand state of India
\nThirty feet wide and six feet deep
\nA high altitude glacial lake exists
\nAt the bottom of mountains steep
\nIn 1942 a British Forest Guard
\nStumbled on the lake and took a look
\nThe lake had melted somewhat and exposed
\nAnd eerie sight
\nSkeletons were everywhere
\nThe bones bleached pearly white<\/p>\n
It certainly put the wind up him
\nAnd the authorities he told
\nAnd Britain sent a party out to check
\nClearly not sold
\nOn why or how this might have happened
\nFirst thought the Japanese
\nEscaping beaten by the cold
\nWho just fell on their knees<\/p>\n
And perished in the icy weather
\nBut on closer scrutiny
\nFound through examination
\nOf people\u2019s actually
\nSeemingly represented
\nAsian types there too
\nAnd Greek and Cretian people
\nSo they didn\u2019t know what to do <\/p>\n
A 16,500 feet one finds the troposphere
\nClouds composed of Ice
\nStorms can break out suddenly
\nOn the roll of a dice
\nAnd caught here without cover
\nWith massive hail stones they
\nCould have been assaulted
\nBy the climate of the day<\/p>\n
It may be an answer
\nIt could have Happened any time
\nWhich might account for the differences
\nIn ages and even reasoned rhyme
\nBeing that the pilgrimages
\nApparently that are
\nCarried out in the vicinity
\nPeople from near and far<\/p>\n
Another thought of mine
\nIs one of burials
\nHindu\u2019s and Buddhists
\nReincarnate and they
\nTranscend to living deeds impacting
\nRe-birth after death
\nPerhaps the way<\/p>\n
Might be to a sky burial
\nTo just leave The corpse out
\nCarried up the mountain
\nAnd what that is about
\nIs to be food for the vultures
\nExposed there they would be
\nValuable to nature
\nIn the scheme of things
\nA key<\/p>\n
Perhaps into another realm
\nInto Another way
\nOf pleasing gods and getting
\nA return ticket let\u2019s say
\nHidden by the permafrost
\nFrom most eyes that might be
\nThe reason not that many pass
\nAnd so the mystery<\/p>\n
Develops over time and
\nReally since 1942
\nAll sorts of stories have come to light
\nIn an area where they do
\nMake pilgrimage
\nHave water burials and sky burials too
\nAnd the hail does fall
\nTo an extraordinary size
\nAnd that factor is true<\/p>\n
Examination of the skulls
\nProves injuries and they
\nSeemed likely something falling on them
\nSo The experts say
\nHail stones the size of golf balls
\ncould really be the thing
\nThe problem is no one is sure
\nAnd they won\u2019t be until we bring<\/p>\n
All the stories together
\nPerhaps more DNA
\nCarbon dating and whatever else
\nThe mystery just may
\nCarry on developing
\nOne day we surely will
\nFind out the truth thats hidden
\nWhich apparently is still,
\nUnfathomable to experts
\nNothings cut and dry
\nWhat Happens on a glacial lake
\nHigh up in the sky<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the Uttarakhand state of India Thirty feet wide and six feet deep A high altitude glacial lake exists At the bottom of mountains steep In 1942 a British Forest Guard Stumbled on the lake and took a look The … Continue reading